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TSSU Pickets HC and BCGEU gives $200,000 in Strike Fund Support

Last Thursday we picketed Harbour Centre campus while the SFU Board of Governors was meeting. A TSSU delegation spoke at the start of the Board of Governors and was joined by BCGEU Secretary-Treasurer Paul Finch, who unequivocally delivered a message that one of the largest unions in the province would not allow the SFU executive…

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Picket lines a huge success

Last Wednesday, the Employer threatened to cut all of our members’ extended health benefits, as well as International Student Health Fee coverage, in retaliation for only three days of mild strike actions. In response to this extortionate tactic, TSSU members came out in full force on picket lines the very next day to shut down…

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Pickets to start June 15, 7am @ Burnaby Campus

TSSU is escalating strike action to pickets on Thursday, June 15 starting at 7am and continuing through the day. This action is in response to SFU taking away our health benefits, a move to undermine our strike just as it begins. It is time to show the employer that we will not accept their treatment of the…

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Strike Action has Commenced

Strike action started at 11:21 am on Monday June 12, and is ongoing, see below for details and important updates.  Over the past 24 hours, members teaching classes used class time to explain what’s going on to their students. That simple and authorized strike action has already infuriated some high-ranking administration officials, but it is…

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2022/2023 Bargaining Updates

Employer asks TSSU to “Dial Down” as we approach strike

Since we took our strike vote and produced a powerful 91% mandate to strike, the Employer has insisted that we return to bargaining, suggesting they had substantially updated their position. In a gesture of good faith, TSSU scheduled a bargaining date today to receive their latest proposal before serving strike notice. The Employer’s proposal, however,…

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Bargaining stalled; 91% vote to strike

After almost 65 hours of bargaining in May, the Employer remained unwilling to budge on the fundamental problems our members need solved. On May 19th, TSSU presented a comprehensive settlement proposal, but at the end of the day the Employer left it on the table, preferring TSSU accept SFU’s proposal that offered less than was…

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Mediation scheduled and SFU votes to starve grad students while VPs feast

TSSU members, Over the last weeks our membership has come together and announced, loud and clear, that enough is enough. With a 94% mandate from over 1000 members, our strike vote was an overwhelming success. At the SGM on Wednesday, TSSU unanimously ratified this emphatic vote and formed a Strike Committee. Meanwhile, SFU has requested…

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#10 Membership votes overwhelmingly for strike

The votes have been counted and TSSU members have decided with a 94 percent mandate to strike, with a total of 982 yes votes. The success of this vote was made possible by over 1000 members who showed up to cast a ballot, with dozens of volunteers who knocked on doors, worked shifts at the polls,…

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#9 Membership calls Strike Vote for March

Last week, Contract Committee called a Special General Membership Meeting (SGM) to seek guidance from the membership on how to proceed with bargaining, given the concessions demanded by the Employer as well as their prolonged stalling tactics. At a packed SGM, our membership unanimously voted to cancel the remaining bargaining sessions for March and instead hold a…

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#7 Another Week, Still No Monetary Proposals

With another three bargaining sessions gone by this week, the Employer still does not have a monetary proposal for RAs, and responses on other outstanding issues remain inconsequential. To avoid tabling monetary proposals the Employer used the same excuse they have been making for over a year—that they are still discussing it internally over email.…